This week’s dragon is a little different than other dragons I’ve been making. He is a wall piece. I got the idea for making him in a more two-dimensional way from a class I took by Tammy Durham. She showed us how to make one of her polymer clay cards, and I thought it would be fun to try a dragon in a similar way.
Click on any of the photos for a closer look.
I started out by finding several greens that were in my scrap pile that were blended together and made a sheet for the background. Then I got out my rubber stamps and began stamping away.
The jungly bits were fun as I already had most of the leaves and canes, including the little rolled up fern on the right, from when I had been working through Christi Friesen’s book, Flourish.
I can hardly believe this is dragon #28, more than half-way through this year-long challenge! If you’d like to keep up with my dragon creations this year, I’ve made a Thursday’s Dragon Pinterest board just for them.
I wanted to make the flowers the complementary colors of the dragon and the background. So, to figure out what exactly the compliments were I snapped a picture on my iPhone and then switched it to the negative.
It was kind of fun to see everything on my iPhone in inverted colors. 🙂 That’s where that red orange and dark purple come from.
Now to find a space on the wall to hang him. 🙂
To learn why I’m making a dragon every week check out this post on Errol, dragon #1, for the details.
That is AMAZING. I love all the detail! How big is it?
Thank you! It’s about 5 inches tall and 4 inches wide. The thickest point on the dragon’s body is about 1/2-inch.
That’s a good size for wall display. What kind of hangers did you put on the back?
I super glued on a couple of small D-ring mounts from the picture hanging department.